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c#app-config
Kumar Vaibhav
Kumar Vaibhav

Reputation: 2652

Overriding the AppSettings

I have a code snippet like this in my App.config - 

<appSettings file="..\..\..\master_AppSettings.config"> 
<add key="ApplicationDSN" value="XYZConnectionString" />
</appSettings>

In the master_AppSettings.config file I have set "ApplicationDSN" as "ABCConnectionString". Now what I want is the following behavior - If "ApplicationDSN" is not again set in App.config then take the value from master_AppSettings.config file otherwise take the value from App.config. Basically, I want to override the value if it is present in App.config.

The problem is that the above scheme does not seem to work. The C# project is only taking the value from master_AppSettings.config and ignoring if mentioned in App.config.

So, how can I implement my scheme to work? Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks, Vaibhav

Upvotes: 3

Views: 840

Answers (1)

YK1
YK1

Reputation: 7622

No can do. Because it is other way round. Mention all your base settings in App.config - whatever you want to override, put it in the external settings file. The external file overrides the App.config.

Upvotes: 2

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